Wear-strip for cart and wagon bodies.



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APPLIGAT'ION IfILBD oc'r'. 22,1907.

.` Patented oct, 26, 1909.

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I APPLICATION FILED 00T. 22, 1907. 938,230., v Patented 001126,1909.

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JAMES THOMAS HAMILTON, OF COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA.

WEAR-STRIP FOR CART AND WAGON BODIES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oct. 26, l1909.

Application led October 22, 1907. Serial No. 398,543.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES T. HAMILTON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Council Blulfs, in the county of Pottawattamie and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Wear-Strip for Cart and Wagon Bodies, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. This invention relates to carts or wagons, and particularly to those that are used for carrying grain or similar material which may leak out at the rear end of the wagon or cart body.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved construction at this point which will strengthen the parts, render them more durable, and which will further operate positively as a preventive of the waste of grain which may occur at this point, as sug gested.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of refer- A ence indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective of the rear portion of a wagon body, with the wear strip attached according to my invention, a portion of the end gate being broken away; Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the wagon body shown in Fig. l; Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a view similar to E ig. l, but illustrating a modied form of the wagon cover strip; Fig. 5 is a perspective, showing a form the wear-strip may take, and in which the wearstrip is provided with a flange which projects under the wagon body; Fig. 6 is a perspective illustrating a slight modification over the form shown in Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is also a perspective showing a form in which the lower flange is provided but the upper flange is cut away to pass the bolts or facing irons; Fig. 8 is a perspective showing another modified form; in this form there is no lower flange and the upper flange is cut away at its ends to allow the wear-strip to be readily removed, and Fig. 9 is a perspective showinganother modified form which enables the wear-strip to be readily removed.

Referring more particularly to the parts, 1

represents the bottom of the body of a wagon i 9 which alines therewith as shown.

or cart, to which bottom sides or side boards 2 are attached, as shown. On the inner faces of these sides, at the rear extremity of the body, I attach vertical cleats 3, 3a, leaving a space 4 therebetween to receive the ends of the end gate or tail board 5 of the body. The cleats 3 are disposed forwardly, while the cleats 3":l are disposed rearwardly, and these latter cleats take the strain which comes upon the end gate 5. In order to increase the rigidness of these cleats 3a, I provide the same with face irons 6 which consist of metal strips attached by means of screw bolts 7 as indicated. The lower eX- tremity of each of these strips is formed into a shank 8 which resembles the body of a bolt, the said shanks projecting below the bottom 1 and passing through a reinforcing transverse bolster 9, which is arranged, as indicated in Fig. 3, at the rear edge of the bottom and attached on the under side thereof. Nuts 10 are applied to the Shanks 8 and these nuts come against the under side of the bolster 9 so as to assist in holding the same in position, as will be readily understood.

The rear edge of the bottom 1 is protected from wear by means of a facing strip 11, having the form of an angle iron, the web 12 whereof rests horizontally upon the upper face of the bottom as shown in Fig. 3; the flange 13 of this angle iron is disposed vertically and lies against the rear edge of the bottom and the rearedge of the bolster Through the flange 13 bolts 14 pass which extend through the bolster 9 and are held to the same by nuts 15 as indicated, said nuts seating on the forward edge of the bolster. Near its forward edge the web 12 is attached to the bottom 1 by screws 16. Upon the inner edge of this web 12 the aforesaid endgate or tail board 5 rests as shown. This tail board may consist of a single panel of wood or similar material, the rigidity of which is increased by means of strong-backs or braces 17, the said braces consisting simply of stout bars arranged transversely and in .a vertical position, the same being secured to the panel by means of suitable bolts 18.

As indicated in Fig. 2, the lower extremities of the cleats 3, 3a abut against the bottom 1 of the body and do not ass through the same like the shanks 8 o the facingstrips. Inthis way a very rigid construc- .tion is produced. -The strip 11 affords means for preventing any undue wear at the rear edge of the bottom, so that a tight joint is made between the end gate 5 and the body of the wagon. This is especially desirable where the body is used for transporting grain or similar material likely to pass through small openings.

The facing-strips or wear-strips shown in Figs. 5 to 9 are attached to the wagon body in substantially the manner illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3. In Fig. 4 the facing-strip shown in Fig. 9 is represented attached in position. This strip is formed of a piece of angle-iron, the web 18a of which at one end is formed with a longitudinal slot 19 which opens on the end of the strip as shown. On the opposite end, the web is cut away as indicated so as to form a notch and a narrow tongue 20;'Y the inner edge of the tongue alines with the edge of the slot. This strip is laid with its web resting on the cart or wagon bottom 2l as in Fig. 4, the shank of the face-iron 22 passing down through the slot. The opposite face -iron 23 passes through the notch in the web and rests against the side of the tongue. The sides 24 of the cart or wagon body are formed with notches 25 which receive the end of the web as indicated in Fig. 4. The flange 26 of the angle-iron lies against the rear edge of the cart body, and the web and flange are attached to the body by suitable fastening devices 27. This strip may be attached to the ,1, cart or wagon body after the body is complete, by sliding the slotted end into engagement with the face-iron 22 and then rotating the other end forwardly until it seats against the rear edge of the cart; this is possible on account of the cut or notch formed at the tongue 20. In the form shown in Fig. 8 the strip has the form of an angle-iron, the web 27a whereof is cut away at each end to form notches 28. This strip is adapted to be slid forwardly into position, the tongue 29 at the notch sliding under the lower edges of the sides of the cart or wagon. In the form shown in Fig. 5 the web 30 Vis simply formed with openings 31 through which the shanks of the face-'irons pass, and the face-strip is formed with a forwardly projecting flange which lies against the under side of the bottom but does not extend forward a sufficient y distance to be in the path of the face-irons when they are passed downwardly into posiings 37 for the shanks, as indicated at the right in the figure.

In some forms of construction of wagon or cart bodies, the facing-irons are on the outside and it is not feasible to attach the wear-strip to them. In this case, I make the wear-strip of the form shown in Fig. 6, but omit the openings 33. The strip is then made to fit tight over the rear edge of the bottom and holds itself fixed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,-

l. In a body construction of the class de scribed, a bottom having a transverse bolster at the rear edge thereof, an angular facing strip at said rear edge having a web rest-ing upon the upper face of saidr bottom and a flange projecting downwardly, face irons attached to the sides of said body passing down through said bolster and through'said angular facing strip, cleats attached to the sides of said body and forming a guide space;

for the tail-board, said web extending forwardly to said cleats and forming a seat for the lower edge of the tail-board.

2. In a body construction of the class described, a bottom having a transverse bolster attached at the rear edge and under side thereof, sides having guide cleats with a tailboard attached thereto, facing strips for said cleats attached thereto, an angular facing strip at the rear edge of said bottom having a web resting upon the upper side of said bottom, a flange secured to said transverse bolster, said facing strips havingfshanks passing downwardly through said bottom and through said angular facingfstrip to brace said angular facing strip against a rearward movement, and nuts mounted on said Shanks and seating against the underside of said bolster.

3. A, body construction of the class described, comprising a bottom having a trans- 'verse bolster on the under side at therear edge thereof, an angle iron facing strip disposed at said rear edge, attached to said` bottom and said bolster, sides attached to said bottoinand having forward cleats attached to the inner faces thereof, rear cleats attached tofsaid sides, forming a space between the same and said first cleats, and facing-strips attached to said seco-nd cleats and having shanks passing downwardly through said bottom and said bolster, and a tail board between said cleats and resting on said anglestrip.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JAMES THOMAS HAMILTON. I/Vitnesses: 4 n

GAIL W. HAMn/roN, Y MAT. E. OKEEFE. K 

